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And all the people saw the cloud at the door of the Tent, and they went down on their faces, everyone at the door of his tent.

But when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, and the shining of his face, they would not come near him for fear.

They came, men and women, all who were ready to give, and gave pins and nose-rings and finger-rings and neck-ornaments, all of gold; everyone gave an offering of gold to the Lord.

To them he has given knowledge of all the arts of the handworker, of the designer, and the expert workman; of the maker of needlework in blue and purple and red and the best linen, and of the maker of cloth; in all the arts of the designer and the trained workman they are expert.

And they took from Moses all the offerings which the children of Israel had given for the building of the holy place. And still they went on giving him more free offerings every morning.

For the material they had was enough and more than enough for all the work which had to be done.

Then all the expert workmen among them made the House with its ten curtains; of the best linen, blue and purple and red, they made them, with winged ones worked by expert designers.

And they put twists of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and in the same way on the outside curtain of the second group.

And they made fifty hooks of gold, joining the curtains one to another with the hooks; and so the House was made.

And they made curtains of goats' hair for the tent; eleven curtains were made.

And they put fifty twists of cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and fifty twists on the edge of the outside curtain of the second group,

And they made a cover of sheepskins coloured red, to go over the tent, and a cover of leather over that.

And for the uprights of the House they made boards of hard wood.

And for the second side of the House, on the north, they made twenty boards,

And for the west side of the House, at the back, they made six boards,

And they made rods of hard wood; five for the boards on one side of the House,

And they made four pillars for it of hard wood plated with gold: they had hooks of gold and four silver bases.

And they made a curtain for the door of the tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red;

And five pillars for the curtain, with their hooks; the heads of the pillars were of gold and they were circled with bands of gold; and their five bases were of brass.

And from the needlework of blue and purple and red they made the robes used for the work of the holy place, and the holy robes for Aaron, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.